PhD on Congenital heart disease
On Dec. 20, 2018 Cand.san. Brith Andresen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation impact on clinical outcome, patients self-reported health, psychosocial function, and hospital costs in patients with congenital heart disease” for the degree of PhD. Adjudication committee: First opponent: Professor Vibeke Elisabeth Hjortdal, Department of Clinical Medicine - Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery T, Aarhus University, Denmark
Second opponent: Professor Tone Merete Norekvål, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen
Third member of the adjudication committee: Professor Drude Merete Fugelseth, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo
Chair of the Defence: Professor II Knut Kvernebo, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo. Read more at UiO Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine.
ISMICT 2019 Hosted by the Intervention Centre at Oslo University Hospital
The IEEE 13th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technologies is a premium conference in the field medical ICT. The 2019 conference will take place at the Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet in Oslo on May 8-10 2019.
You are cordially invited to attend the conference, and we look forward to meeting you at the conference. Download the conference Flyer
New PhD on Palestinean Perineum Study. Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries in Palestine: education and training in detection and prevention
On December 11th 2018 Hadil Yousif Ali publicly defender her thesis at Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Oslo. 1st opponent was dr. Helga Margrethe Elisabeth Gimbel, University of Southern Denmark. 2nd opponent professor Torbjørn Moe Eggebø, NTNU. Committee Chari: professor Henrik Holmstrøm, University of Oslo. Principal Supervisor: associate professor Katariina Laine. Read the full annoncement at Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Oslo.
New PhD on Episiotomy practice in Palestine. Rates, indications and impact of an educational program in six hospitals
On December 10th 2018 Kaled Mikki Yousef Zimmo publicly defended his thesis at Instiute of Clinical Medicine at University of Oslo. 1st oppinent was professor James Dornan, Ulster University. 2nd opponent Astrid Rygh, Head of Department Helse Stavanger HF, Committee Chair: adjunct professor Marie Elström engh, University of Oslo. Principal Supervisor was dr. Sahar Hassan. Read full annoncement at Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Oslo.
New PhD on Exploring caesarean section in Palestine
On Dember 5th 2018 Mohammed Zimmo publicly defended his thesis. 1st opponent was professor Jos van Roosmalen, University of Leiden, Ahtena Institute VU University Amsterdam. 2nd opponent was professor Nils-Halvdan Morken, University of Bergen. Committee Cahir: professor Janne Sundby, University of Oslo. Chair of the Defence was professor Johan Ræder, and Principal Supervisor dr. Åse Vikanes. Read full announcement at Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Oslo
New PhD on Cardiac Effects of ECMO Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Beta1-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade During Hypothermia
On December 3rd 2018 Harald Arne Bergan publicly defended his thesis at Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo.1st opponent was professor Hans Eiskjær, Aarhus University Hospital, 2nd opponent porofessor Eldar Søreide, Stavanger University Hospital, Committee Chair was professor Signe Søvik, University of Oslo. Trial lecture topic was Theraputic hypothermia in the post-resuscitation phase- What is the evidence on effects on brain damage from animal models? Principal Supervisor dr. Jan Frederik Bugge. Read full announcement at Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Oslo.
First prize in polyp segmentation
Team OUS, which consisted of PhD candidate Hemin Ali Qadir (OUS, UiO), Postdoc Younghak Shin (OUS, NTNU) and Professor Ilangko Balasingham (OUS, NTNU), participated in the Gastrointestinal Image ANAlysis (GIANA). GIANA was a sub challenge held at the 21th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) in Granada, Spain on 16th of September, 2018. This year competition was competitive as 21 teams from different top universities around the world participated. The OUS team developed two methods using deep learning networks and advanced image processing techniques for polyp detection, localization and segmentation. The team won the first prize in polyp segmentation task while they were at the third place for polyp detection and localization tasks. See animation of the concept here.
New OR's with intraoperative CT and videofluoroscopy
The opening of three unique new operating rooms took place at The Intervention Centre at Oslo University Hospital on October 5th 2018. A CT scanner can move on rails from a garage between two adjacent OR's. One OR has full angio equipment with the robotic videofluoroscopy system SIEMENS Pheno which can be combined with intraoperative CT. The second OR can combine intraoperative CT with surgical procedures. The new OR's have been developed in collaboration with SIEMENS Healthineers with funding from Research Council of Norway through the NorMIT project and Oslo University Hospital. A Symposium was held before the official opening of the OR's. State Secretary at the Ministry of Healthand Care Anne Grethe Erlandsen stood for the official opening of the new OR's. See a video from the new OR's here
The HoloViz 3D project in National Innovation Report
The HoloViz project originating from The Intervention Centre is one of 18 projects listed in a national research report. The report was assigned to the four Regional Health Authorities in Norway by the Ministry of Health to highlight multi-disciplinary research and innovation facilitating improved health services in 2017. The HoloViz platform has been developed in collaboration with Sopra Steria. Clinical applications based on 3D holograms have been developed for congenital heart surgery, heart valve surgery and liver metastasis surgery. The HoloViz project has received funding from South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority The objective of the project is to transform medical images to holograms tha clinicians can use to plan complex surgical treatment interventions. The image shows a multi-disciplinary team studying a 3D mixed reality heart model.
Avansert laparoskopisk kirurgi for spesialiteten gastroenterologisk kirurgi 12. – 14. september 2018 Kurs O-32621
Avansert laparoskopisk kirurgi for spesialiteten gastroenterologisk kirurgi 12. – 14. september 2018
Kurs O-32621holdes Oslo Universitetssykehus fra 12 til 14 september 2018. Kurset blir en blanding av forelesninger og praktiske øvelser. Forelesningene holdes i Grønt auditorium på Rikshospitalet. Praktiske øvelser foregår på Institutt for Kirugisk Forskning og på Intervensjonssenteret. Kurset avsluttes med kursprøve for deltagerne som også får evaluering. Det kan bli noen endringer i programmet, og oppdateringer blir publisert her.
New PhD on Geometric Modelling for Planning of Liver Resection Procedures
On June 14th 2018 Rafael Palomar Avalos from The Intervention Centre defended his thesis Gemetric Modelling for Planning of Liver Resection Procedures at the Department of Computer Science at NTNU. Topic for the trial lecture was Image guided interventions in the age of robotics and AI: current possibilities and future perspectives. 1st opponent was dr Tor Dokken from Sintef, 2nd opponent was professor Stefan Weber University of Bern, and 3rd opponent professor Frank Lindseth, NTNU. Picture from left; professor Faouzi Alaya Cheikh, NTNU, professor Bjørn Edwin, IVS, professor Ole Jakob Elle, IVS, professor Stefan Weber, dr Palomar, dr Tor Dokken and professor Frank Liseth (photo: Frøydis Angard Gulateig, NTNU).
Project at The Intervention Centre placed on the European Commission Horizon 2020 Innovation Radar
The Innovation Radar is a European Commission initiative to identify high potential innovations and innovators in EU-funded research and innovation framework programmes. WiBEC (Wireless In-Body Environment Communications) is an Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN-ETN) for 16 young researchers, who will be recruited and trained in coordinated manner by Academia, Industry, and Medical Centres. This training will address the Social, Health, and Technology challenges of the H2020: Wireless In-Body Devices. WiBEC’s main objective is to provide high quality and innovative doctoral training to develop the wireless technologies for novel implantable devices that will contribute to the improvement in quality and efficacy of healthcare. These are innovations that are actively exploring value creation opportunities and rated by the European Commission as Excellent Science. Read more about this project on CORDIS (find names of contact persons and their phone numbers on the CORDIS page). Details of the WiBEC project on the Horizon 2020 dashboard.
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